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Essentials of Advanced Life Support (ALS)

Online
3-4 hours
Free

Course Content

A large number of persons who experience cardiovascular emergencies would have had a better chance of survival if the right response had been provided. This course goes into the fundamentals of a lot of Advanced Life Support topics. Whether you are a bystander or a trained professional, this course will equip you with the knowledge and abilities you need to carry out standardized cardiopulmonary resuscitation and handle cardiac arrest situations.

Course Details

CollegeAlison
Course ID192092
Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration3-4 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathIn This Free Course, You Will Learn How To
• Identify the clinical signs of a cardiac arrest and explain why early identification is crucial and immediate response
• Recognize the fundamental concepts of basic life support and the chain of survival
• Explain the importance of high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation or CPR
• Identify advanced airway management techniques
• List different emergency cardiovascular drugs and drug administration during cardiac arrest
• Describe medication dosages and possible complications
• Outline and distinguish different types of tachyarrhythmia
• Describe the management strategies for treating bradyarrhythmia
• Discuss the role of fluids in resuscitation and list types of fluids
• Explain complications of vascular access and fluid resuscitation
• Identify the primary causes of trauma-induced cardiac arrest and their management
• Recognize post-cardiac arrest syndrome management
Course Code891

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